Using The Monitor; Monitor By Switch; Monitor By Port - Weidmuller IE-SW-VL08M Series User Manual

IE-SW-VL08M Series User's Manual

Using the Monitor

You can monitor statistics in real time from the IE-SW-VL08M's web console and serial console.

Monitor by Switch

Access the Monitor by selecting System from the left selection bar. Monitor by System allows the
user to view a graph that shows the combined data transmission activity of all of the
IE-SW-VL08M's ports. Click on one of the four options—Total Packets, TX Packets, RX Packets,
or Error Packets—to view transmission activity of specific types of packets. Recall that TX Packets
are packets sent out from the switch, RX Packets are packets received from connected devices, and
Error Packets are packets that did not pass TCP/IP's error checking algorithm. The Total Packets
option displays a graph that combines TX, RX, and Error Packet activity. The four graphs (Total
Packets, TX Packets, RX Packets, and Error Packets) have the same form, so we show only the Total
Packets graph here. The graph displays data transmission activity by showing Packets/s (i.e.,
packets per second, or pps) versus sec. (seconds). In fact, three curves are displayed on the same
graph: Uni-cast packets (in red color), Multi-cast packets (in green color), and Broad-cast packets
(in blue color). The graph is updated every few seconds, allowing the user to analyze data
transmission activity in real-time.

Monitor by Port

Access the Monitor by Port function by selecting ALL 10/100M Ports or Porti, in which i= 1, 2, ...
8, etc., from the left pull-down list. The Porti options are identical to the Monitor by System
function discussed previously, in that users can view graphs that show Total Packets, TX Packets,
RX Packets, or Error Packets activity, but in this case, only for an individual port. The All 10/100M
Ports option is essentially a graphical display of the individual port activity that can be viewed with
the Console Monitor function discussed above. The All 10/100M Ports option shows three vertical
bars for each port. The height of the bar represents Packets/s for the type of packet, at the instant the
bar is being viewed. That is, as time progresses, the height of the bar moves up or down so that the
user can view the change in the rate of packet transmission. The red colored bar shows Uni-cast
packets, the green colored bar shows Multi-cast packets, and the blue colored bar shows
Broad-cast packets. The graph is updated every few seconds, allowing the user to analyze data
transmission activity in real-time.
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